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From: dmanning@ecs.umass.edu (Dave Manning)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: Mounting SUN Sparcstation  hard disk from mac
Message-ID: <13475.281e8367@ecs.umass.edu>
Date: 1 May 91 08:59:18 GMT
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> Is there a way to mount a hard disk on a sparcstation 2 from a macII ci?  I
> want to be able to have the drive show up on the mac and allow you drag files
> to the mounted drive.

> Charles Mitchell
> cmithcel@arco.com

Charles,

My neighbor has a Sparc II and I use his hard drive from my SE/30 all of the 
time.  I can also log in to the Sun and back up my Mac's hard disk on his 
tape backup.  You have two choices Ethernet or Appletalk.  I chose AppleTalk 
for price (although it is much slower).

My friend has Tops running on his Sun and I have it on my Mac.  He has a 
Gaterbox that does the Ethernet to AppleTalk conversion.  I just mount my 
directory in the Mac's Finder, and treat them as Mac documents.  

I use VersaTerm Pro to access Unix, although Telnet will also work.  I prefer 
the atmosphere of VersaTerm, though.  Note that VersaTerm is not public 
domain (around $190).

If your friend doesn't have a Gaterbox, you can always buy an Ethernet card 
for you IIci.  They cost around $300 or so.  Then, using Tops, you can do 
exactly what I am doing.  

To back up your hard drive, just copy the contents to the Sun's hard drive 
(assuming it is big enough) and use tar to put it on tape.  There may be a 
way to mount the Mac's hard drive from the Sun, although I haven't bothered 
to try.  Over AppleTalk, it takes about 5 hours to copy my 100 meg drive.  
Overnight, though, it isn't a problem.

Hopefully this shows what you can do.  If you need any further assistance, 
please send me a note.  I bugged the net quite a bit in setting up my network 
earlier this year.  I guess it is my turn to help out someone else.

Good luck!

Dave Manning
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Electrical Engineering, class of '92.

dmanning@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu